Torrance Comedy Underground March

California Comedy Underground has expanded our operation to the South Bay! Come join us for a fantastic night of comedy at the Hermosa Brewing Company in Torrance, CA!  Comedians from Comedy Central, the Comedy Store, Hulu and more right in your backyard! You won't want to miss this killer show!

Lineup:

Torio Van Grol

Leah Bonnema

Ahmed Al-Kadri

Jeff Kane

David Uhlfelder

About This Months Lineup:

TORIO VAN GROL is a comedian whose debut comedy album "Magic Knees," reached #1 on the Apple comedy charts.  His Don't Tell Comedy Special received millions of views and was generally perceived as "pretty good."  He performed as a part of Comedy Central's Cluster Fest, and regularly headlines all over the country.  Torio was listed as one of the Bay Area's best stand-up comedians by SFist and won the title, "Best Joke" by the award-winning SF blog Courting Comedy. ​Torio was first discovered by a gentleman naturalist in 1676, causing an uproar among the clergy, who claimed that he was placed on Earth by God as a test of faith. After much careful study, Torio has been widely accepted as real, though some controversy lingers. Many people believe that early humans coexisted peacefully with him, even caring for him and riding on his back as a form of transportation. But Torio is not strong enough to carry people, instead relying on speed, cunning and a bulletproof eBay rating for survival. ​

LEAH BONNEMA is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer who has been seen on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Chris Gethard Presents, Oculus & AXS TV’s Gotham Comedy Live, IFC’s Comedy Crib, TruTV’s Comedy Knockout, Elite Daily’s Schlep and Why It’s Ok To Be A Single Girl On Valentine’s Day, Don’t Tell Comedy, Broadway Video’s The Henkle Factor with Michael Che, Vh1’s 100 Greatest series and was a regular on Buzzfeed’s Did You See This?! Huffington Post named her one of their Favorite Female Comedians and she was on The America Stands Up Showcase at The International Glasgow Comedy Festival. Leah has had the honor of performing for our troops overseas, touring with Lizz Winstead’s Lady Parts Justice and has been featured in The New York Comedy Festival, The Lucille Ball Comedy Fest at The National Comedy Center, Politicon, The Women in Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot, AfroPunkFest, Netflix is a Joke, and at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC for The District of Comedy Festival.

AHMED AL-KADRI is a Yemeni-American comedian based in LA. As a young child in Dallas, Ahmed dreamed of being an accountant, but his immigrant parents forced him to be a comedian instead. Ahmed started developing his comedy skills early, doing impressions of his mom’s Turkish soap operas and Mr. Bean, as well as spot-on imitations of his sister and brothers.  Ahmed was one of those kids who was friends with everybody, memorizing one-liners from his dad and trying them out on the kids at school the next day.  Between go-kart races and soccer with his five siblings, Ahmed had a classic American childhood, playing “ding-dong ditch” and throwing Taco Bell sauce packets at cars. In 2018, Ahmed moved to LA to pursue a career in standup.  Over the last year, Ahmed has gained a large following on TikTok and Instagram, thanks to crowd-favorite sketches like "Roommates with Anxiety," "Arab at an Indian Wedding” and the “Arab Roommate” series, which compliments long-time friend Ryan Kelly’s series, “When You Have A Midwest Roommate.”  A viral hit, his "F-Boi Rehab" series was featured on both Buzzfeed and DankMemes. You may also recognize Ahmed from his appearance as Liam on the web-series "David Diamondhands" and on Fox's Love Connection (Season 2, Episode 8) It wasn’t a match, but at least he got a good story out of it!

Doors will open at 7:30 PM. The show will start at 8. Drinks will be available at the Hermosa Brewing Company. Food is BYO/Food Truck provided. Show is 21+.